Cashew Chicken from Thai Food and Cooking by Judy Bastyra and Becky Johnson

Ingredients

• pinch of granulated sugar
• 15 ml/1 tbsp soy sauce
• 1 bunch spring onions (scallions), cut into 5cm/2in lengths
• 4 dried red chillies
• 2 garlic cloves
• 30 ml/2 tbsp oyster sauce
• 30 ml/2 tbsp vegetable oil
• 1 red (bell) pepper
• 450 g/1 lb boneless chicken breast portions
• 175 g/6 oz/1½ cups cashews, roasted
• coriander (cilantro) leaves, to garnish